Mill Creek Falls Trail

Wednesday Neil (my husband) and I went for a hike (walk) on Mill Creek Falls Trail. We were having such a nice run of sunny weather we knew that the spring run off pouring down the falls would be spectacular. There are 2 sets of falls, Mill Creek and Barr Creek, that pour into the Rogue River just above Lost Creek Reservoir.

It had been been a couple of years since we had been up there and we missed the parking lot and had to circle around back to it. It’s not that hard to find if you are paying attention.LOL

When we get down to the “T” we went right which leads to the 2 sets of falls. There weren’t very many people out on the trail this day. The first falls are the Mill Creek Falls they drop 173 feet to the Rogue River below.

 

I did take this video, we’ll see if I can get it to show up here:

 

Wow I think I got it on here!

We then walked on down to Barr Falls it is at the end of the trail and you have to climb up some rocks to get a good look at it but it is worth it. The only issue was the falls were in the shade but I was still able to get some good shots.

In the first picture you can barely see it but the falls start almost at the tops of the tree line.

From there we went back to the “T” and walked down the left hand trail that leads to the Avenue of the Giant Boulders. This is a warning sign about the this area of the Rogue River being a Class 5 river (1 mile in length) for people who Kayak. Personally I think anyone kayaking here would have to be a little “crazy”.

Watching Neil climb around in those rocks makes me nervous.

 

Well after that excitement I was read to head back to the Trail Head. On the way back home we stopped at Casey Park where we saw Oregon Grape, the state flower, it was in bloom.

All in all a wonderful day!